THE REVOLT OF THE CHRISTIAN HOME-SCHOOLERS
They were taught that public schools are evil. Then a Virginia couple defied their families and enrolled their kids.
In today’s Washington Post: https://wapo.st/45ztY3U (gift link, no paywall)
Great long form read about one home-schooled family, a decline of faith in how they were taught to parent and a cautious embrace of public schools.
"There were still moments when they were condemned by an inner voice telling them that they were doing the wrong thing, that both they and their children would go to hell for abandoning the rod and embracing public schools. But the voice was usually silenced by their wonder and gratitude at the breadth of their children’s education."
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Timely subject with the Prime series Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets premiering on Friday (though the family in the WaPo article do not belong to an IBLP - Institute of Basic Life Principles - church like the Duggars; the beliefs are extremely similar).
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